Meaning not yet researched.
Lilian: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 537 in 2025. Its best rank was #367 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #367 in 1882; #560 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lilian in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#560 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #367.
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Lilian: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 537 girls in 2025. Peak: #367 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 786 (2007).
In 2025, 537 US girls were named Lilian, making it the 560th most common girls’ name of the year, down 2 places from #558 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 544 girls named Lilian in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #367, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 786, in 2007. For comparison, it was #497 in 2015 and #2,724 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lilian in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 20,470 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 5,935 babies named Lilian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,110 US girls were named Lilian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 560. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,993 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lilian ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #195 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lillian (476,457 babies since 1880), Liliana (75,146 babies since 1880), Lilyan (4,339 babies since 1880) and Lilyann (3,377 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lelan, Leilan and Lilyen are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lelan (924), Leilan (161), Lilyen (40), Lilyane (12), Lilynn (8), Lyliann (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lilian in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 5 | #195 | — |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #256 | #249 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #370 | — |
| Illinois | 28 | #371 | #479 |
| Colorado | 14 | #418 | #598 |
| Arizona | 16 | #437 | #592 |
| California | 75 | #447 | #484 |
| North Carolina | 25 | #449 | #429 |
| Missouri | 13 | #466 | #412 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #468 | #603 |
| Maryland | 11 | #485 | #439 |
| Washington | 14 | #496 | #540 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #502 | #545 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #502 | #451 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #503 | #930 |
| Texas | 61 | #525 | #533 |
| Indiana | 13 | #531 | #497 |
| Michigan | 15 | #534 | #612 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #549 | #630 |
| New Jersey | 14 | #553 | #598 |
| Ohio | 18 | #582 | #366 |
| Alabama | 8 | #610 | #530 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #623 | — |
| Florida | 28 | #625 | #655 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #708 | #489 |
| Virginia | 10 | #733 | #424 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #795 | #290 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #859 | #642 |
| Georgia | 11 | #892 | #544 |
| New York | 15 | #1,008 | #802 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 537 | #560 | — | — |
| 2024 | 544 | #558 | — | — |
| 2023 | 543 | #558 | — | — |
| 2022 | 519 | #577 | — | — |
| 2021 | 464 | #639 | — | — |
| 2020 | 439 | #656 | — | — |
| 2019 | 502 | #603 | — | — |
| 2018 | 494 | #612 | — | — |
| 2017 | 508 | #589 | — | — |
| 2016 | 560 | #559 | — | — |
| 2015 | 641 | #497 | — | — |
| 2014 | 622 | #502 | — | — |
| 2013 | 605 | #495 | — | — |
| 2012 | 676 | #463 | — | — |
| 2011 | 645 | #462 | — | — |
| 2010 | 682 | #452 | — | — |
| 2009 | 728 | #436 | — | — |
| 2008 | 730 | #435 | — | — |
| 2007 | 786 | #417 | — | — |
| 2006 | 724 | #441 | — | — |
| 2005 | 650 | #474 | — | — |
| 2004 | 541 | #526 | — | — |
| 2003 | 497 | #557 | — | — |
| 2002 | 440 | #587 | — | — |
| 2001 | 359 | #694 | — | — |
| 2000 | 328 | #709 | — | — |
| 1999 | 265 | #820 | — | — |
| 1998 | 264 | #807 | — | — |
| 1997 | 213 | #937 | — | — |
| 1996 | 186 | #1,011 | — | — |
| 1995 | 151 | #1,154 | — | — |
| 1994 | 143 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 1993 | 155 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1992 | 129 | #1,307 | — | — |
| 1991 | 164 | #1,099 | — | — |
| 1990 | 147 | #1,174 | — | — |
| 1989 | 97 | #1,492 | — | — |
| 1988 | 99 | #1,415 | — | — |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,462 | — | — |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,828 | — | — |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,735 | — | — |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,626 | — | — |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,784 | — | — |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,862 | — | — |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,747 | — | — |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,994 | — | — |
| 1979 | 53 | #1,961 | — | — |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,928 | — | — |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,286 | — | — |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,855 | — | — |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,082 | — | — |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,569 | — | — |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,761 | — | — |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,843 | — | — |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,085 | — | — |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,997 | — | — |
| 1969 | 39 | #2,015 | — | — |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,963 | — | — |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,991 | — | — |
| 1966 | 34 | #2,001 | — | — |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,186 | — | — |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,567 | — | — |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,666 | — | — |
| 1962 | 25 | #2,442 | — | — |
| 1961 | 27 | #2,335 | — | — |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,777 | — | — |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,086 | — | — |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,191 | — | — |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,456 | — | — |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,780 | — | — |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,595 | — | — |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,962 | — | — |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,560 | — | — |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,318 | — | — |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,440 | — | — |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,724 | — | — |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,582 | — | — |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,258 | — | — |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,169 | — | — |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,970 | — | — |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,029 | — | — |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,161 | — | — |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,486 | — | — |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,928 | — | — |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,371 | — | — |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,364 | — | — |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,331 | — | — |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,313 | — | — |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,922 | — | — |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,254 | — | — |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,047 | — | — |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,578 | — | — |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,365 | — | — |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,574 | — | — |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,845 | — | — |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,140 | — | — |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,383 | — | — |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,472 | — | — |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,280 | — | — |
| 1924 | 42 | #1,236 | — | — |
| 1923 | 51 | #1,072 | — | — |
| 1922 | 60 | #963 | — | — |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1920 | 81 | #810 | — | — |
| 1919 | 67 | #854 | — | — |
| 1918 | 105 | #704 | — | — |
| 1917 | 77 | #789 | — | — |
| 1916 | 85 | #732 | — | — |
| 1915 | 75 | #765 | — | — |
| 1914 | 53 | #799 | — | — |
| 1913 | 55 | #705 | — | — |
| 1912 | 53 | #693 | — | — |
| 1911 | 34 | #748 | — | — |
| 1910 | 33 | #747 | — | — |
| 1909 | 30 | #741 | — | — |
| 1908 | 32 | #688 | — | — |
| 1907 | 29 | #704 | — | — |
| 1906 | 28 | #696 | — | — |
| 1905 | 28 | #676 | — | — |
| 1904 | 28 | #661 | — | — |
| 1903 | 36 | #545 | — | — |
| 1902 | 18 | #836 | — | — |
| 1901 | 23 | #673 | — | — |
| 1900 | 30 | #648 | — | — |
| 1899 | 19 | #745 | — | — |
| 1898 | 33 | #564 | — | — |
| 1897 | 26 | #604 | — | — |
| 1896 | 37 | #482 | — | — |
| 1895 | 42 | #439 | — | — |
| 1894 | 22 | #636 | — | — |
| 1893 | 28 | #525 | — | — |
| 1892 | 24 | #572 | — | — |
| 1891 | 28 | #492 | — | — |
| 1890 | 21 | #575 | — | — |
| 1889 | 31 | #435 | — | — |
| 1888 | 22 | #541 | — | — |
| 1887 | 16 | #573 | — | — |
| 1886 | 24 | #445 | — | — |
| 1885 | 22 | #454 | — | — |
| 1884 | 22 | #432 | — | — |
| 1883 | 17 | #473 | — | — |
| 1882 | 24 | #367 | — | — |
| 1881 | 16 | #425 | — | — |
| 1880 | 19 | #380 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).